The UFC Vegas 96 card features twelve bouts, all of which will be previewed in this post. The card will be headlined by a bout between middleweight contenders Jared Cannonier (pictured left) and Caio Borralho (pictured right). It will also feature the finale of the middleweight and featherweight tournaments on this season of The Ultimate Fighter.
All win probabilities are based off of a fighter’s Cage Calculus (CC) Rating and their place in the CC Rankings. The fighter’s name highlighted in green at the bottom of the panel indicates the editor’s pick to win. Also featured below their record and rating is their divisional rankings in the CC Rankings and the official UFC Rankings. Any fighter falling outside of the top 15 of their respective division is classified as NR (not ranked).
Also displayed to the right of their rankings is a fighter’s CCz Score. A positive CCz Score indicates a fighter is above average for their weight class. A negative one indicates they are below average. The higher the number is, the farther away from average a fighter is (in either direction). CCz Scores typically range from as high as positive 4, to as low as negative 2.5.
Without further ado, here is the Cage Calculus tale of the tape for this week’s fights!
UFC Vegas 96 (Cannonier vs. Borralho) Previews – August 24, 2024
Cong Wang vs. Victoria Leonardo

Nathan Fletcher vs. Zygimantas Ramaska

Jacqueline Cavalcanti vs. Josiane Nunes

Viacheslav Borshchev vs. James Llontop

Zach Reese vs. Jose Medina

Francis Marshall vs. Dennis Buzukja (Featured Prelim)

Edmen Shahbazyan vs. Gerald Meerschaert

Michael Morales vs. Neil Magny

Mairon Santos vs. Kaan Ofli (TUF Featherweight Finale)

Robert Valentin vs. Ryan Loder (TUF Middleweight Finale)

Tabatha Ricci vs. Angela Hill (Co-Main Event)

Caio Borralho vs. Jared Cannonier (Main Event)

Picture Credit: UFC

